Brian's Chocolate Pudding

Brian’s chocolate pudding

Comments: Traditional self-saucing cake-like pudding popular in Wartime when eggs were not available or rationed. The Mills twist is to add raisins with the chocolate (see Jo’s Brownies).

Preheat Oven: 350o, pan.

“Pudding” Ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
6 TBSP sugar(scant ½ cup or heaping 1/3 cup)
1 ½ TBSP cocoa
2 TBSP melted butter ( or vegetable oil)
½ cup milk
½ cup nuts or raisins (or bozadeez)

Directions:
Sift dry ingredients together. Combine milk and melted butter & add to above, mixing until smooth. Add nuts/raisins.
Pour into well greased pan.

“Sauce” Ingredients:
½ cup brown sugar
4 TBSP cocoa
1 ¾ cup Hot water (or coffee*

Combine sugar and cocoa, spreading over mixture in pan. Pour hot water over all, and bake in moderate oven (350ºF) for 45 minutes. Watch that you do not over bake, as you will ‘cook’ up all the sauce.

Cooking Time: approx. 45 minutes.

*Schmancey variations: Substitute dried or sour cherries for the raisins. Add cardomon, or pecans or walnuts. Chocolate chips or chunks are also good.